Vehicle-seat



(No Model.)

G. B. HASKELL.

VEHICLE SEAT.

No. 296,754. Patented Mar. 25, 1884.

UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGEB. HASKELL, OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.

VEHICLE-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,754, dated March 25, 1884.

Application filed August 23, 1883. (No model.)

To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. HAsKnLL, of Salem, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Adjustable Backs for WVagonr Seats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a back for a'wagon or carriage seatwhich can be adjusted to different heights, and can be readily removed when not required.

To these ends my invention consists in the provision of two fixed standards at the opposite ends of a wagon-seat, each standard having a metalplate provided with a vertical series of slots or recesses, and a back forthe seat detachably secured at its ends to said plates by bolts or fastening devices, which are adapted to enter either of said slots, and thus support the back at different heights and permit it to be removed, allof which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a portion of a wagon provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 represents a section on line a: m, Fig. l.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in both the figures.

My invention is particularly intended for express-wagons and other heavy wagons, although it may be applied to other vehicles.

Incarrying. out my invention, I provide a wagon or carriage with two vertical standards, A A, at opposite ends of the seat B. Said standards may, if desired, be the supports of a hood or awning over the seat, as shown in Fig. 1; or they may be independent standards attached either to the wagon-body or to the seat. To the inner sides of the standards A A are attached metal plates G 0, each having in its forward edge a vertical series of slots or recesses, D D, of any desired number.

E represents the adjustable back, which is preferably a piece of wood, bent near its ends, to form arms 2 2, as shown in Fig. 1.

F F are bolts passing through the arms 2 2, and each resting in a slot, D, of one of the plates 0. The bolts F are provided with clamping-nuts H, which [enable the bolts to clamp the arms 2 2 tightly against the plates 0 O, and

thereby secure the backE firmly to said plates. When it is desirable to vary the height of the back, the bolts F are first loosened and then removed from the slots they formerly occupied, placed in higher orlower slots, and again tightened. It will be seen that the back is thus adapted to be conveniently adjusted, or to be removed from the wagon when it is not wanted. The arms 22 constitute rigid parts of the back. Consequently the back is supported entirely by the attachment of said arms to the standards A, and no connection is required between the back and seat; hence the back may be applied and removed with facility.

The slots D D are preferably arranged with their open ends uppermost, so that the bolts F can be dropped into said slots, and will re quire lifting to disengage them from the slots.

I do not limit myself to the means described for detachably securing the arms of the adj ustable back to the slotted plates 0, as said means may be variously modified without departing from the spirit of my invention. a

I clairn 1. The combination, with the seat B, of the standards A A at the ends of the seat, the back E, having the rigid arms 2 2, and means for detachably securing the said arms to the standards, whereby the back is supported in dependently of the seat, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the seat B, of the end standards, A A, having the plates 0, con taining vertical series of slots, and the back E, and means for detachably engaging the arms of the back with any of said slots, wherer by the back is made vertically adjustable, as set forth.

3. The combination, with the seat B, of the end standards, A A, having the slotted plates (J, and the back E, having the bolts F and their clamping-nuts, whereby the back is adapted to be detachably secured at different heights to said plates, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 13th day of August,- 1883.

GEO. B. HASKELL. Witnesses:

O. F. BROWN, A. L. WHITE. 

